The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

A character-driven space opera with the highest priority on creating the found-family vibe for the multi-species crew of a patched-up spaceship tasked with building hyperspace tunnels. There isn't much plot or action, as we're spending most of our time getting to know the characters and the cultural and biological differences between the species (and about inter-species coupling). Which in principal I wouldn't mind, but it's a bit too simplified, exposition-heavy and hunky-dory for my taste. Nevertheless, this was sweet. I guess I like my scifi to be a bit colder and brainier.